Tag: Lionfish

What do you do with an invasive fish, covered from head to fin with venomous spines as sharp as hypodermic needles; a fish that can’t be caught with a rod or in a trawling net as it multiplies rapidly, deep in our oceans, flummoxing fishermen...

The indigenous cuisine of the 125-mile-long Florida Keys island chain is a rich melting pot of fresh boat-to-table seafood enhanced with the fresh tropical flavors of lime, coconut, mango and papaya. Four Florida Keys Culinary Delights can be considered signature treats that are best savored only...

Successful is too small of a word to describe the second annual Lionfish Removal and Awareness Day Festival May 14-15. In Pensacola alone, 8,089 lionfish were removed in only two days at the Gulf Coast Lionfish Coalition Tournament. More than 7,000 people (more than double...

At its April 13 meeting in Jupiter, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) approved a two-part lionfish removal plan to further encourage removals of the invasive species in 2016. Lionfish have a potential negative impact on native wildlife and habitat and the FWC...

The fight to control the invasive lionfish is about to get real if Ft. Pierce divers Bob and Maria Hickerson have anything to say about it. Hickerson and his wife — who run a series of highly successful lionfish derbies along Florida’s East Coast —...

Florida Keys [anglers] residents spoke out on dolphin fish harvests, lobster bully-netting, lionfish problems and grouper seasons when meeting with state fishery managers last summer. Wednesday in Panama City Beach, board members of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission will consider whether to act...

The device is called the Zoo-Keeper Lionfish Containment Unit, and word of mouth has turned it into a must-have Lionfish capture device for many recreational divers in the Caribbean and Florida. Sarasota entrepreneur Allie ElHage didn't know anything about the lionfish until late 2011. Four...

(Photo: Getty Images/iStockphoto) Curt Clawson, R-Bonita Springs, has introduced a bill that would ban importing all 11 lionfish species, including the nine that have not been found in U.S. waters. The bill would not interfere with the selling of fish fillets, which encourages to help eliminate...

The FWC and Coast Guard reported a rather calm lobster mini-season last Wednesday and Thursday. Neither the FWC or the Coast Guard reported accidents, injuries or deaths. Regular spiny lobster season starts Thursday and runs through March 31. FWC plans to ramp up its efforts...

This large Burmese python, weighing 162 pounds and more than 15 feet long at the time of its capture in 2009, was caught alive in Everglades National Park and was found to have eaten an American alligator that measured about 6 feet in length. University...

Efforts to tame Florida’s invasive lionfish haven’t worked. Now these venomous fish are eating each other. Though it probably won't reduce their numbers substantially. Watch divers and researchers fight the invasive lionfish in Florida's coastal waters. By Katie Pyzyk, National Geographic PUBLISHED JULY 23, 2015...

Lionfish add a new wrinkle in rules for the 2015 lobster mini-season Wednesday and Thursday. In the one significant change to traditional lobster rules for the sport season, divers who harvest 10 lionfish [you don't have to stop at 10!] will be allowed to take...

The lionfish is a highly-destructive non-native species in the Gulf of Mexico, which has few natural predators except, apparently, other lionfish. Source: Lionfish control efforts getting a boost from other lionfish | AL.com

Non-native lionfish are a threat to Florida's marine environment, so I recently went diving in the Keys to kill a few. (Photo: Kevin Lollar/ The News-Press) Most photographers and videographers know what it’s like to miss The Shot. Let’s say you’re out in a swamp...

BY KEVIN WADLOW kwadlow@keynoter.com Lad Akins from the Reef Environmental Education Foundation carefully grasps a football-sized lionfish. The Pacific invaders can destroy reef ecosystems if left unchecked. Take 10 lionfish, get an extra lobster: That's the basis of a statewide lobster mini-season experiment that will be...

By Kevin Wadlow kwadlow@keynoter.com Dropping 80 to 100 feet under the ocean surface to start her day's work, Rachel Lynn Bowman often zeroes in on several invasive lionfish. "It's a double-edged sword when we see a lot of them," Bowman said Friday. "I know it's...

State fishery managers have designated the first Saturday after Mother's Day each year to be "Lionfish Removal and Awareness Day." On this day, through education and outreach, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) will encourage extra effort from the public to remove lionfish from...

Here’s something you don’t see every day: divers and marine conservationists hunting one of the world’s most beautiful fishes. As unlikely as this may seem, this scene is becoming more prevalent since the introduction of exotic lionfish in the Gulf States. Lionfish are an invasive...